Library Books

Auckland Libraries have a range of library books available to borrow, including print and ebook, visit: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/

Below are a selection of their available titles by topic. To view the full selection available, type your search term into their catalogue search i.e. baby loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, grief etc.

Baby Loss

  • Life After Baby Loss : A Guide to Pregnancy and Infant Loss and Subsequent Pregnancy in New Zealand / by Nicola Miller-Clendon (available in print)
  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby / by Deborah.Davis (available in print and ebook)
  • Saying Goodbye : A Personal Story of Baby Loss and 90 days of Support to Walk You Through Grief / by Zoe Clark-Coates (available in print)
  • Life After Baby Loss : A Companion and Guide For Parents / by Nicola Gaskin  (available in print and ebook)
  • Beyond Words : Grieving When Your Child Has Died / by Andrew Thompson and Tricia Irving Hendry (available in print)

Stillbirth

  • Stillbirth, Yet Still Born : Grieving and Honoring Your Precious Baby / by Deborah Davis (available in ebook)
  • Still Life : Hidden Stories of Stillbirth and Forbidden Grief / Lois Tonkin (available in print)
  • Changed : Living With Stillbirth / by Liza Jankowski (available in print and ebook)
  • Hope and Healing After Stillbirth and New Baby Loss / by Kevin Gournay and Dr Brenda Ashcroft (available in print)
  • Healing Your Grieving Heart After Stillbirth : 100 Practical Ideas For Parents and Families / by Alan D. Wolfelt, Raelynn Maloney (available in print)

Neonatal/Newborn Death

  • Ask Me His Name : Learning to Live and Laugh Again After the Loss of My Baby : A Mother’s Story of Hope / by Elle Wright (available in print and ebook)
  • Expecting Sunshine : A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss / by Alexis Marie Chute (available in print)
  • Hope and Healing After Stillbirth and New Baby Loss / by Kevin Gournay and Dr Brenda Ashcroft (available in print)

Miscarriage

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart After Miscarriage : 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families / by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D (available in ebook)
  • The Brink of Being : Talking About Miscarriage / by Julia Bueno (available in print)
  • Miscarriage : What Every Woman Needs to Know : A Positive New Approach / by Professor Lesley Regan (available in print)
  • Miscarriage Mom : The Unspoken Realities of Miscarriage and How to Cope / by Kristy Parisi (available in print)

Stories from Parents

  • A Tribute to Tabitha-Rose : Stories of Baby and Infant Loss in New Zealand / by Vicki Culling (available in print)
  • Baby Gone : True New Zealand Stories of Infertility, Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss / by Jenny Douché (available in print)
  • Motherhood Missed : Stories of Loss and Living From Women Who Are Childless by Circumstance / by Lois Tonkin (available in print and ebook)
  • Loss, Survive, Thrive : Bereaved Parents Share Their Stories of Healing and Hope / by Meryl Hershey Beck (available in print)
  • Defining Moments : Coping With the Loss of a Child / by Melanie Warner (available in print)
  • Through, Not Around : Stories of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss / by Allison McDonald Ace, Ariel Ng Bourbonnais, Caroline Starr (available in print and ebook)

Subsequent Pregnancy

  • Expecting Sunshine : A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss / by Alexis Marie Chute (available in print)
  • Life After Baby Loss : A Guide to Pregnancy and Infant Loss and Subsequent Pregnancy in New Zealand / by Nicola Miller-Clendon (available in print)

For Children

  • What’s Happened to Baby? / Written by Members of SIDS (Wgtn), Sands (Wgtn) and Skylight ; illustrated by Ali Teo (available in print)
  • Ben’s Flying Flowers / by Inger Maier (available in print)

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